mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by jbverschoor on Sunday August 18, 2024 @02:48AM (#41280621)

But it’s just simple things, like allowing an override of a status field.

Or using a status field to check something is ok or not, instead of always checking the data itself.

People make wrong assumptions, and requirements change. Don’t make it all rigid that you always need to implement every case

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by borski on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:42AM (#41280815)

Everything is a “simple thing” unless you’re the one implementing it. Things that seem simple on the surface rarely are, especially long-term.

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by jbverschoor on Sunday August 18, 2024 @09:28AM (#41282264)

I’d say it has to do with not willing to duplicate data. On paper forms, it is simple. Why can’t it be in a digital form?

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by borski on Sunday August 18, 2024 @09:17PM (#41286977)

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by jbverschoor on Monday August 19, 2024 @08:36AM (#41290507)

That article means: inexperience and unprofessional. Sounds about right.

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by borski on Monday August 19, 2024 @12:14PM (#41292296)

If you’ve never written software that needed to be used by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, then sure, it could seem that way.

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